Tender for locomotives



April 28, 1931.

E. E. HICKEN 1,803,252

TENDER FGR LOCOMOT IVES Filed Oct. l, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. E. HKZKEN TENDER April 2%, '1931.

FOR LOCOMOTIVES 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Oct. 1, 1927 myfww Patented A r. 28, 1931 ELMER E. HICKEN, OF COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY' TENDER FOR noooirorrvns Application med October 1, 1927. Serial No. 223,382.

The object of my invention is to'so design a locomotive tender that the cast frame will form the bottom of the tank at the longitudinal centre, and the remaining portion of the bottom will be formed by the inturned portions of the side sheets. 7

A further object of the inventionis to reduce the centre of gravity from the track' and to lighten the structure.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan View of my improved tender for locomotives;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 2; r

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 44, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the cast metal frame of the tender. V

1 is the frame of the tender made of a unitary casting. The frame has a base plate 2 and an upper plate 3 separated from the base plate and connected thereto by longitudinal webs 4. The two plates extend from one end of the tender to the other as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The bottom plate 2 is solid and is wider than the top plate 3, forming longitudinal flanges 5' to which are secured the inturned ends 6 of the sheetmetal side plate 7. V

The top plate 3 of the framel is perforated at intervals as at 8, and in the lower ends of the webs 4 are passages 9 for the free circulation of water between the upper and lower plates of the frame.

Below the bottom plate 2 of the frame is a box-shaped girder 10 which is cast integral with the frame, and on this girder are the centre bearings 11 which rest insuitable bearings 0n the tender trucks (not shown).

At the forward end of the frame 1 is a coupling head 12 and bumper 13. r The coupling head may be made in any suitable manner without departing from the essential features of the invention. At the opposite end of the frame is a bumper 14.

Depending from the frame 1 are side bearing feet 15 which rest on suitable bearing plates carried by the trucks. Angle braces 16 are formed integral with the frame and rein force-the bumpers which areof the full width of the tender, as shown in Fig. 5. When a stoker is used, then the tender frame 1 is preferably made with the side and 56 end walls 17 of the Stoker frame castintegral with the frame. On the side walls of the stoker. frame are tracks 18 for the Stoker conveyer to slide thereon.

The inclined side plate 19 and the inclined end plate 20 are welded or riveted to the upper ends of the side and end walls of the stoker.

j The longitudinal dash plates 21 are welded at their lower edges to the frame 1, Fig. 4, and

are riveted or welded to dash plates 22 at their ends.

' The plates 22 are the main transverse dash plates which support the tank bottom at the rear and are fastened by angles or Ts 23 to the sides and-bottom portions and to the top plate 24 of the tenderby Ts 25. The plates 22 are'also secured to dash plates 26. Otherdash plates may be provided, depending upon the size and type-of tender. At the forward end of the frame 1 unde the fuel section are a series of lateral arms 27 which extend beyond the edges of the bottom plate 2.: These arms are flanged at their outer ends as at 28 and are reinforced by ribs as shown. 7 I

Angle bars 29 are secured to the flanges 28.

These bars are turned upwards at their rear ends and are secured to the forward 1 dash plate 22. These angle bars support the 'forward end of the tank bottom and are usedin place of the dash plates which extend from one side of the tank to the other, back of the fuel compartment.

The side plates 19 are reinforced by transverse dash plates 32 which are secured to the side plates of the tender. The front heads 33 and the back head 34- are flanged at the sides and at the bottom. In the present 'instance the bottom flanges are riveted or welded to the frame, and the side flanges are riveted or welded to the side ofthe'tank,

By the above construction it will be seen that the weight of the frame is materially reduced, as the frame only extends longim9 having flanges extending beyond'the line of this stoker, but when the stoker is not used then these extensions are reduced in height and the side plates of the fuel chamber are secured to the extensions and the top plate of the frame forms the bottom of the fuel chamber.

I claim a l,- The combination in a locomotive tender, of a frame extending from one end of the tender to the other and having top and bottom plates andv connecting webs for said plates, the top plate and the webs being perforated for the circulation of fluid, the bottom plate the top plate side plates of sheet metal bent at their lower endsand turned inwards and welded to the flanges of the frame; atop plate for the water compartment of the tender; and dash plates and reinforcing plates.

for stiffening the structure.

2, The combination in a locomotive tender, of'a cast metal frame extending from end to endof the tender and having at the forward end extensions projecting above the top of the frame and shaped to receive stoker mech anism; sheet metal side plates turned in wards at their lower ends and secured to the extensions of the frame and to the side plates.

3. The combination in a'locomot-ive tender, of a cast metal frame extending from one end of the tender to the other, said frame having bumper bars at each end the full Width of the tender and having at the fuel end lateral arms; a longitudinal angle bar secured to said arms and forming a support for the bottom plates of the tender at the, forward end; and sheet metal plates forming with the frame the bottom of the tender;

4. The combination in a locomotive tender, of a cast metal frame extending from one end of the tender to the other and having bumper bars at each end, the frame forming the bottom of a fuel chamber; angle plates separating the fuel chamber from a water chamber; transverse dash plates in the water chamber and stiffening the structure; a longitudinal plate; and a top plate, said frame having upwardly extending guides for a stoker at the fuel end and having lateral arms acting to support the forward end of the bottom of the tender.

.7 5, A cast metal frame for a locomotive tender extending the full length of the tender, and having at one end lateral arms to which longitudinal bars may be secured which form supports for the bottom plates of the tender at the forward end. I

6. A central longitudinal frame for a locomotive tender cast in a single piece and extending from one end of the tender to the other, and having flanges to which sheet metal plates may be secured, said sheet metal plates and the frame forming the bottom of the tender, said'frame having upwardly extending portions forming the side walls of a fuel compartment,

7 The combination in a locomotive tender, of a cast metal frame extending from-end to end of the tender and shaped at its forward end to receive stoker mechanism.

8. The combination in a locomotive tender, of a cast metal frame extending from end to end of the tender and having at its forward end integral extensions projecting above the stoker mechanism.

ELMER u. HICKEN.

frame; and angle plates secured to the stoker 7' 

